Modules
2. Campaigns
The Vile Deeds of Christman Grippertenius
1. Title Page
2. Introduction
3. Bergkessel Region
4. Metz
5. Bedburg
6. Waldrach
7. Tower of Bones
8. Christman's Lair
9. Frassberg
10. Monsters
11. Magic Items

6. Waldrach

Rumors

The locals are nearly all on the side of the Waldrach Clan and won't let much slip. In the Waldrach Brewery, traveling guests will share rumors freely. Roll on the general rumor table.

What is Going On?

  • Town is in league with Christman

  • Local brewery supplies him with beer, ale, and wine

  • Have also damned up the river, screwing a mill downriver.

  • Regular but secret transports of supplies and coin for Christman from the merchants of Metz. One driver and one disguised guard on the way to Waldrach from Metz. Handover in Waldrach, from there the Waldrach family handles business and carries supplies to the Frassberg once a month (on the 3rd of each month).

  • The town is mostly the large brewery/tavern/guesthouse and the clan members' homes.

  • There is a small parish church. Father Ignaz is the local priest. He is very young and inexperienced. Knows some of the affairs of the Waldrach Clan and disapproves but was seduced by one of the Waldrach girls. Klaus Waldrach is threatening to reveal the secret to the Church. He is trying to find a way out of his dilemma.

  • Klaus Waldrach's son, Berthold, is brash, arrogant, and a braggart. Can be found holding court at the brewery. He is pushing the takeover of the mill. Will pay adventurers 1,000gp to make the miller sell or leave. Klaus is letting Berthold pursue this to test his son.

  • Klau's brother, Otto (Thief-4) is his quiet, second-in-command. He is in charge of the supply runs to Christman.

The Waldrach Brewery

  • Waldrach clan has 27 members in town (stats of an Berserker, varied weapons.)

  • Plenty of treasure and magic items in the basement.

  • Strange collection of NPC guests

1D20 RANDOM GUEST
1 3 young nobles traveling
2 1d4 monks on the way to Würzburg
3 Lady Liesenburg and her daughter Amalia on the way to Nordhausen to visit her sister.
4 Carpenter apprentice on the Walz
5 Merchant with porters and 1 guard
6 1d4+1 Mercenaries looking for employment
7 A dwarf clockmaker, Conrad Baumgartner, on the way to Bruckstadt
8 Fernando Ortiz, M-U (Level 4)
9 1d4 Members of Wilhelm von Hagen's camp, looking for information about heretics
10 Cloth merchant from Metz (complaining about a recent lost shipment.)
11 Traveling bard
12 Locals (will gossip about the Waldrach Clan if sufficiently drunk).
13 A Turkish Mathematician. Willing to sell a copy of his most recent manuscript for 200 gp. 6 hrs of study and a successful Int check reveals a random L2 MU spell.
14 Postman
15 Farmer
16 Teacher
17 Student
18 Craftsman
19 Priest
20 Stagecoach driver

Guest rooms are in other nearby buildings.

1st floor: brewery and alehouse

2nd floor: Alehouse

3rd floor: Waldrach clan rooms.

Basement: Kegs, barrels, brewery supplies, locked vault with weapons and treasure (3,327 gp), secret tunnel leading closer to the Frassberg, used to bring supplies to Christman (terminates in Hex 0402.). The stored ale is worth 12,500 gp (many barrels). 2x Potion of Giant Strength.